Bed canopy



June 9, 1925. 1,541,215

M. J. HASTINGS BED CANOPY Filed Nov. 15, 1922 Patented June 9, 1925.

IvI ABEL J". HASTINGS,'OF LOMA PORTAL, CALIFORNIA.

BED CANOPY.

Application filed November 13, 1922. Serial No. 600,709.

To all iii/mm it may concern.

Be it known that I, h IABEL J. lIASTlNGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loni-a Portal, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed Canopies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bed canopies and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which may be readily and conveniently applied to a bedstead and which is constructed in a manner to effectively protect the occupant of the bed against insects yet'permitting requisite ventilation. i

Another object of the invention is to provide anovel and in'iproved device of this fit .eral character provided with suitable securing means for maintaining the same in appl'ed position and which is also of, a size to permit marginal portions thereof to be tucked under the mattress or the like for further maintaining the same in working position and in a manner to exclude mosquitoes and other insects. A

Furthermore, the invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved device of this general character formed from a sheet of cotton cloth or other textile material and which is provided with a window having disposed thereover a reticulated or meshed fabric of desired mesh.

in additional object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which may be readily applied to or removed from desired working position and which may be conveniently lauudried as desired in order to maintain the smile in a sanitary condition.

'Ilhe invention consists in the details of constrm-tion and in the combination and arrangei'nent of the several parts of my improved bed canopy whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, 1 will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the ac coinpanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a bed canopy constructed in accordancewith an embodiment of my invention and in applied position;

lligureQ is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the head end portion of the structure as illustrated in Figure 1; f

Figure is a detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 3 -3 of Figure l; l lligure -l is a view in plan on a reduced. scale of my improved canopy flattened out.

My improved canopy as herein disclosed comprises a sheet 1 of cotton or other textile material and of such dimensions as the requirements of practice may necessitate.

At predetermined points intermediate its ends the sheet 1 has secured thereto extremities of the tapes or flexible members 2 which, when the device is in applied position. are adapted to be tied to the upper portions of the corner postscomprised in the head-of a bed structure and when so appliedthe portion (a outwardly of the tapes constitutes a flap which is adapted to de pend inwardly of the headstr-ucture to provide a back wall for the canopy, the lower marginal portion of said flap (4 being tucked under the mattress or the like associated with the bed stri'icture. The opposite end portion of the sheet 1 is secured, as at '5, by basting or otherwise to a coverlet 4. arranged upon the foot portion of the bed, said coverlet being tucked in a well-known manner under the mattress whereby the top of the Coverlet will be disposed downwardly on a desired incline with respect to the mat tress and be effectively maintained in desired assenibly.

The side marginal portions of the sheet 1 outwardly of the tapes 2 constitute side flaps or walls I), the lower portions of which being also adapted to be tucked under the mattress.

The portion of the sheet 1 constituting the top wall when the canopy is in applied position, has cut out an opening or window 5 of requisite dimensions and over which is disposed a reticulated or screen fabric 6 of requisite mesh, such mesh being prefe ably of a gauge to exclude n'iosquitoes and hindred insects and especially such insects of a small size.

The lower portion of the top wall 0 adjacent to the side flaps or walls I) has secured thereto the extremities of the tapes or flexible members 7 of such a length as to be attached to the corner posts of the .foot structure of the bed to provide means to further maintain the canopy in applied position.

It is to .be particularly noted that my improved canopy when applied does not have any portion thereof extending over a part of the bed structure and that when the lower marginal portions thereof together with the outer margins of the coverlet i are tucked thought to be obvious that a bed canopy constructed in accordance with my inven tion is particularly well adapted for use by reason of .the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible ofsome change and modificati'on without departing from the principlesand spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

1 claim 1. A bed canopy comprising a fabric sheet, flexible tie members secured to the sheet intermediate the ends thereof, the end portion of the sheet outwardly of said tie members constituting a back wall, the side portions of the sheet outwardly of said members constituting side walls, the opposite end portion of the sheet being provided with a window, and a reticulated fabric disposed over said window.

2. Abed canopy comprising a fabric sheet, flexible tie members secured to the sheet intermediate the ends thereof, the end portion of the sheet outwardly of said tie members constituting a back wall, the side portions of the sheet outwardly of said members constituting side walls, the opposite end portion of the sheet being provided with a window, and a reticulated fabric disposed oy'er said window, said end wall and side walls being of a size to permit the free marginal portions thereof to be tucked under a mattress or the like.

3. A bed canopy comprising a fabric sheet, flexible .tie members secured to the sheet intermediate the ends thereof, the end portion of the sheet outwardly of said tie members constituting a back wall, the side portions of the sheet outwardly of said mem- Mus. MABEL J. HASTINGS. 

